Capabilities
What we design and build.
Eight areas of work. They are listed separately because that is how people look for them; in practice they overlap, and most programmes draw on several at once.
Aerodynamic design & CFD
Shape, size and performance settled before anything is built. Configuration studies, CFD, performance and stability sizing, and propeller matching, correlated against flight or tunnel data once there is hardware to measure. Configuration is the first decision and the hardest to revisit later, so it takes the most time.
- Typically includes
- Configuration studiesCFDPerformance & sizingStability & controlPropeller matching
Mechanical design & FEA
Structures designed against load cases agreed in advance. Full CAD through to finite element analysis, covering composites, machined parts and printed structures. Manufacturing method is settled alongside the geometry rather than after it, which tends to remove most of the surprises later on.
- Typically includes
- CADFEACompositesPrinted structuresDesign for manufacture
Airframe & platform engineering
The complete aircraft, built and flown rather than only drawn. Propulsion sizing, avionics and payload integration, wiring and power, prototype assembly and flight test. Fixed wing, multirotor and VTOL, with the configuration chosen against the mission.
- Typically includes
- Propulsion sizingAvionics integrationWiring & powerPrototype buildFlight test
Ground control systems
Custom ground stations, hardware and software together. Control station hardware, operator software, ruggedised enclosures and fleet tooling, built around the way your operators work rather than around a demonstration. Because the hardware and the software come from the same team, they tend to agree with each other.
- Typically includes
- Custom GCS hardwareOperator softwareRuggedised enclosuresFleet & mission tooling
Sourcing, partnerships & integration
Finding and integrating the parts we do not build ourselves. Where a capability such as onboard object recognition is better sourced than developed, we identify the suppliers worth talking to, handle the technical side of the discussion, and integrate the result into your platform.
- Typically includes
- Supplier searchPartnership brokeringPayload integrationTechnical negotiation
Teams assembled per programme
Specialists brought in as the work requires them. We keep a small core team and a network across RF, embedded, composites, certification and manufacturing. A programme is staffed with the disciplines it needs, for the period it needs them.
- Typically includes
- RFEmbeddedCompositesCertificationManufacturing
Advisory
Review and assessment without a build attached. Design reviews, feasibility studies, technical due diligence, or a second opinion on work carried out elsewhere. This can be the entire engagement; a good deal of our work stays at this stage.
- Typically includes
- Design reviewFeasibility studyDue diligenceSecond opinion
Outside the list
The list describes recent work, not a boundary.
Test rigs, launch and recovery equipment, ground support hardware, telemetry systems and one-off tooling all follow the same process. If something is mechanical, electronic or aerodynamic and does not exist yet, it is broadly the same job.
Where a request falls outside what we should reasonably take on, we will say so and suggest who might be better placed. That conversation costs nothing and usually takes twenty minutes.
Engagements are scoped individually, including the small ones — a single review, a short piece of analysis, or a drawing set to hand to your own manufacturer.